Prof. Emily M. Bender(she/her)

"If you are tired of the drumbeat of inevitability that insists English faculty adopt AI into our teaching practices, I am here to tell you that you are allowed to object." Yes! By Melanie Dusseau:

https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2024/11/12/burn-it-down-license-ai-resistance-opinion

Burn it down: a license for AI resistance (opinion)

Resistance is not futile, Melanie Dusseau writes.

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Nov 15, 2024 at 4:43pmWeb
Show threadDebora Weber-WulffNov 15, 2024
@emilymbender
Link only leads to page with all opinions. Do you have the exact link?
Show threadDjoerd Hiemstra 🍉Nov 15, 2024

@emilymbender

This link? https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2024/11/12/burn-it-down-license-ai-resistance-opinion

Burn it down: a license for AI resistance (opinion)

Resistance is not futile, Melanie Dusseau writes.

Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Show threadFenneladon PrivacyasaurusNov 15, 2024
@emilymbender Brilliant! Came across something in a very similar vein today (probably you've already seen it, but just in case) from Arthur Perret: https://www.arthurperret.fr/blog/2024-11-14-student-guide-not-writing-with-chatgpt.html
A Student’s Guide to Not Writing with ChatGPT

Site web d’Arthur Perret, enseignant-chercheur en SIC.

arthurperret.fr/
Show threadQybatNov 15, 2024
@emilymbender I have a little insider insight here: I work in education. I can tell you that there is a lot of eagerness adopt AI tools, but it's not coming from the teachers - it's coming from the business side of the school. And it's not hard to see why: If AI can allow teachers to get through their report-writing and lesson-planning faster, that means the school doesn't need so many expensive teachers.
Show threadSemitonesNov 15, 2024
@emilymbender the link didn't work, is this it? https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2024/11/12/burn-it-down-license-ai-resistance-opinion
Burn it down: a license for AI resistance (opinion)

Resistance is not futile, Melanie Dusseau writes.

Inside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
Show threadProf. Emily M. Bender(she/her)Nov 15, 2024
@semitones Thanks, fixed it, I think.
Show threadSemitonesNov 15, 2024

@emilymbender I like most of the article except, "OpenAI’s Sam Altman claims that “nobody is looking back at the past, wishing they were a lamplighter.” Wrong. Oblivious. Classist."

It's not obvious to me! We don't need lamplighters any more, unlike how we *do* need to be able to express ourselves with the written word!

Show threadtootbruteNov 15, 2024

@emilymbender

Creativity is hardwired in our brains, and we cannot outsource thinking or acts of creation to a predictive robot that generates biased, bad jacket copy and deeply creepy art.

Yes!